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With the holiday season and New Year quickly approaching, many consumers are trading in their annual holiday traditions and travel plans for safe alternatives. In fact, this month’s Amex Trendex found 1 in 4 consumers are willing to drive up to 25 hours per trip in the next three months in order to travel safely.
The December Amex Trendex … read more
Africa Travel Week to drive Diversity & Inclusion initiatives for 2021
With WTM Africa set to run as a live/hybrid event at the CTICC in Cape Town from 07-09 April 2021, the team at Africa Travel Week (ATW) has pledged to continue driving Inclusion and Diversity (D& I) efforts in the build up to the show. "The tourism landscape is going to look very different next year and we want to do what we can to make it b… read more
NANTA strengthens southern flanks, builds partnership on golf tourism, meets Ibom Air
President of NANTA, Mrs. Susan Akporiaye, has redefined the Nigerian domestic tourism ecology, with aggressive presence at the just concluded Obong of Calabar International charity Golf Classic, which took place in Calabar, Cross River State recently.
Globally, Golf has been adjudged as the game for top industry players and c… read more
Air Senegal seeks support and revival
Early this year Air Senegal had begun a new phase of ‘extremely rapid and accelerated’ development in line with the country’s ‘Emerging Senegal’ plan.
It was the first airline in Africa to take delivery of an Airbus A330neo… and then a second joined the fleet, connecting a dozen regional destinations and also serving Paris,… read more
Nigeria: Airline Operators explain hike in airfares
The almost 70 per cent rise in domestic airfares have attributed it to the weakening exchange rate, paucity of operating equipment, high cost of aircraft maintenance and increase in the price of aviation fuel. THISDAY findings revealed that air tickets for economy class that were being sold between N20, 000 and N30, 000 in July, has now i… read more
Covid-19 shows overlooked need for crisis communication plans in tourism
Crisis communication plans are at the bottom of most destination marketers' to-do list, but the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the tourism industry's focus. Readiness for such incidents is why Bandwagon, a destination marketing firm, has been awarded two Marcom Awards for destination crisis planning and research projects during the pandemi… read more
Star Alliance named World’s Leading Airline Alliance
Cainiao, Ethiopian Airlines partner to l...
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arms of Alibaba Group Holdings, has partnered with Ethiopian Airlines to launch special cold chain air freight for the transportation of temperature-controlled medicines from Shenzhen Airport, China's first medical cross-border cold chain facility. Temperature-controlled … read more
The Paris Air Show 2021 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
The 2021 edition of the Paris Air Show, which was scheduled to take place from 21 to 27 June 2021, has been cancelled. “The decision is a response to the international health crisis and the large number of visitors that this popular show attracts“, the organisation wrote in a statement.
“This reasonable decision was agreed upon unanimously… read more
Uganda: New airport terminal extension opens to passengers
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has opened part of the first floor of the new terminal building to facilitate departing passengers with adequate space at the check-in counters while observing the necessary Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
The revelation was made by the Ag Director-General UCAA Mr Fred Bamwesigye- dur… read more
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